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Prospect Hall
Grand Prospect Hall, November 2008
Grand Prospect Hall is located in New York City
Grand Prospect Hall
Grand Prospect Hall is located in New York
Grand Prospect Hall
Grand Prospect Hall is located in the United States
Grand Prospect Hall
Location263 Prospect Ave., Brooklyn, New York 11215
Coordinates40°39′49″N 73°59′24″W / 40.66361°N 73.99000°W / 40.66361; -73.99000
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1901
ArchitectHuberty, Ulrich J.
Architectural styleFrench Renaissance
NRHP reference No.99000460 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 15, 1999

Grand Prospect Hall is a large Victorian banquet hall in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York. It was originally built by local entrepreneur John Kolle in 1892, before being destroyed and rebuilt after a 1900 fire.[2] The new hall, which opened in 1903, was designed by architect Ulrich J. Huberty, who also designed the Prospect Park Boathouse and Tennis House. The Hall is four stories and faced in buff-gray brick in the French Renaissance style. It features pressed metal decoration originally painted in imitation of limestone.[3][4]

Michael and Alice Halkias bought the hall in 1981.[5] Starting in 1986, the pair gained a measure of fame from starring in a series of cheaply shot commercials airing 20 times a day on local TV.[6] In 2019, Saturday Night Live aired a parody of these ads during their 44th season.[7][8]

The Hall is available as a filming location and has been used in The Cotton Club, Prizzi’s Honor, and The Royal Tenenbaums.[9]

The Grand Prospect Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The listing describes the hall as "probably the largest and best-preserved example of its type, the Victorian assembly hall set within a great ethnic community facility, remaining in the country"[3]: 11 

On July 16, 2021, the Brooklyn Paper reported the sale of Grand Prospect Hall for $30 million.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Bush, Christine (2013-01-08). "Did You Know? Prospect Hall Burned Down in 1900". Bklyner. Retrieved 2021-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b National Park Service (1999). Prospect Hall. File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: New York, 1964 - 2013.
  4. ^ Craig Morrison (September 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Prospect Hall". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-02-20. See also: "Accompanying 10 photos".
  5. ^ "Grand Prospect Park Hall Owner Dies". Spectrum News NY1 | New York City. May 7, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  6. ^ Cunningham, Jennifer; Fanelli, James (2011-01-13). "Grand Prospect Hall's penchant for cheesy ads pays off for owners raking in the dough". New York Daily News. Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  7. ^ Schwartz, Ryan. "Don Cheadle Hosts SNL: Watch Video of the Best & Worst Sketches". TVLine. Retrieved 2019-09-17. The cutaways to Cheadle (whose employee served as chef, photographer and DJ) were the best part of this commercial parody for the Grand Prospect Hall wannabe.
  8. ^ "Don Cheadle/Gary Clark Jr.". Saturday Night Live. Season 44. Episode 4413. 2019-02-16. NBC.
  9. ^ "Grand Prospect Hall – New York City's premier historic filming location". Archived from the original on 2019-09-17. Retrieved 2019-09-17.


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